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No. 752,080. PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

I E. LAMBOTTE.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

no 1101151.. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 14, 1902- N WITNESSES R /N VE N T0 liJNIIED Sie ras Fiatented February 1:3, 1904,

EMILE LAMBOTTE, UF SALINA, KANSAS.

MUSZCZAL SEEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 75%,08Q, February 16, 1904. Application filed July 1d, 1962, Serial No. 115,586. (lie model.)

To all whom itmay concern: I

Be it known that I, EMILE LAMnorrn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Salina, in the county of. Saline and State of drawings, forming a part of this specification. The objects of my invention are, first, to secure the membersof the body of a musical instrument together, so as to preventtheir comingapart from climatic effects or the warping of these parts; second, to producea bass tone of increased power and clearnessin a stringed'musi cal instrument.

The invention cons1sts 1n the novel con;

struction and combination of parts, such as will-be first fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an interior View in perspective of the body of the musical instrument with the front removed, showing.

the tongueupon the sides and the fingerboard, the outer end of the finger-board being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner side of the front of the instrument, showing the grooves and the bass-sound strip. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the musical instrument. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional View taken upon line-m m of Fig. -3.' Fig. 5 is .a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 2 y of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the component parts or members of the hollow body of a violin, represented by the back a, which is of the usual form, and the vertical sides a and ends a which are of the usual width.

B represents the sounding-board or belly, having the usual fshaped holes or openings" b b.

C represents the neck of the violin, and 0 the finger-board.

At each end of the sides a of the violin and forming a part of the innersurface of said ends are the blocks or extensions a a the inner surfaces ta of which opposite each waist-line of the sides c, the ends of the curved linesmeeting at a point, the inwardlycurved lines a? terminating the outwardlycurved lines or scrolls a of thesidesa/ at the ends of the violin. At the junction of these inwardly-curved parts a 0. of the sides a they are integral also with the. said sides. On the inner surface of the sides a of "the violin, extending downwardly a shortdistance in depth from the upper edge a is a rabbet or groove 0;, which groove in both sides of the instrument extends below the upper surfaces of the curved portions a a of the waist-line and terminate with the inner surfaces a o of the blocks 0. a

The sounding-boarder belly B, Which-forms the front of the violin and which is fitted to the sides a, is made of considerable thickness on its inner surfaceadj acent to the outer edges, the width of the thickened portion 6' being increased at each end of the board from the lines of said end and the sides of the belly having the ordinary extensions Z5 6 at the the meeting points 'of the inwardly curved portions a a" with outwardly-curved portions 0t of said sides. In said thickened portion 6' of the inner surface of the edge of the sounding-board is a groove 6*, slightly widerthan the upper edge a of the sides a of the instrument, which at each end of the board is extended in-width. as at 6 and'conforms to the curved surfaces a of the blocks a on the sides a, and in the projections b the lines of the grooves are extended in width, so as to con form to and receive the projections described in the sides a, of the body A of the violin.

D represents the bass bar, which is upon the inner side. of the sounding-board B and line separating the board longitudinally into.

two equal parts.-

In thebloek a at the' upper or smaller end of the violin is a dovetail mortise a", extending through the side a and downwardly abouttwo thi'rds the distance froin'the upper surface of the block toward the back a. The inner end ofthe neck C is formed witha dovetail 'tenon c to fit the ing an interlocking joint; The under surface of the portion of the neck C, which is con-, nected withthe end of the violin, is curved downwardly, as at 0 in the ordinary manner.

The groove 6. in the sounding-board or front B and also the groove e in the side a/ of the body A are provided withglue. The

i parts are then fitted together, forminga close joint, therabbet a fitting around the under;

surface ofthe sounding-board B. I Thus constructed the instrument will stand the changesincident to any climate and severe usage without liability of coming apart; The.

back a of the instrument may be connected with the sides in the same manner as the front or sounding-board, if preferred. 1

In the production'of the musical t'onesfrom v the bass strings of the instrument the' vibrations of the sounding-board "directly ben eathv the strings are modified by the'bass bar, the

tonesbeing deepened, and this result is perfected by theintegral'nature of the-bar with thsounding-board, thetonesdepending for clea-rness upon the like. texture of the material and the continuity of the grain. .Thebass tone of the v olin is therefore highly improved and a superior depth of the bass tone obtained. I have shown the invention as applied to a violin as one instance of its use.

The invention is applicable to .all stringed instruments made in separate parts or with a body hollowed out, and with pleasing results.

Such modifications of the invention maybe employed as are within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, What mortise a, form I now claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1.. In a musical instrument, a hollow body and a sounding-board therefor, and a tongueandgroove joint connecting said parts together.

* 2. In. a stringed musical instrument, the

combination with a hollow body, and the up-j weirdly-extended sides of said body, of a front having a groove in its inner surface registering with and adapted to receive the edge portionof said sides'of the instrument.

' 3. In a stringed instrument, a hollow body having upwardly-extended sides and ends, and

blocks on the inner surface of the ends of said body, a soundingboard having thickened edges, and a groove varying in width on the inner rface of said thickened edges regietering with and adapted to receive the upper edge of said sides'and ends and the upper surface of said blocks.

4; In a stringed instr ument,""a hollow body having sides and ends, and a rabbetin the inher surface of said sides and ends, and a sound-' ing-bOa'rd having a groove registering with and adapted to receive the upper edge of said rabbeted sides and ends'of the'body. I

5. .In a stringed musical instrument, the combination with a hollow body, the sides and ends thereof having a rabbet in their inner surfaces, the blocks-upon the inner surfaces of the ends of said' instrument havingtheir upper surfaces in the plane of the upper edges of said ends, of a'sounding-board having thickened edges, anda groove varying inwidth at the sides and ends 'of said board registering with and adapt dto receive the upper edge of- 'said sides and ends and the said blocks, substantially as described.

6. A violin-body top having a straight bass bar,extending longitudinally parallel to. and

on. one side of he middle line of the top,'the

ibass bar being formed integrally with the top from a single piece of-wood, as set forth.

7 A violin-body top having .a straight'bass bar extending longitudinally parallel to and on one side of the ,middle line ofthetop, the

bass bar being formed integrally with the top from a single piece of wood and terminating at I a distance from each end of the top he set forth.

EMILE LAMBOTTE.

E. L. 'WiLnnR, GHAs. A. BAIER.

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